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The Small Faces were an influential British mod/psychedelic band of the 1960s, led by Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane with Kenney Jones and Ian Maclagan (who replaced original organist Jimmy Winston). The Small Faces were all genuine East End mods and they ranked second to The Who as Britain’s premier Mod band. They were signed to Decca records initially and enjoyed major success across Europe between 1965 and 1967 with classic singles like “

All Or Nothing” and “Sha La La Lee” before moving to a new label.

By late 1967, the band had felt constricted financially & creatively by manager Don Arden (father of Sharon Osbourne), and were lured by Rolling Stones’ publicist Andrew Loog Oldham into signing with his new Immediate label. They soon recorded more expansive psychedelic sounding material including hit pop tunes like “

Lazy Sunday” which was included with their UK number one classic concept album Ogdens Nut Gone Flake and “

Itchycoo Park” which was their only stateside charting single.

The demise of the Small Faces arrived on New Years Eve 1968, when Steve Marriott walked off stage at The Alexandra Palace in London. Marriott felt that despite the success of the group, he was still not being taken seriously as a musician. He went on to achieve major status in the U.S.A with Peter Frampton in Humble Pie. The others continued as The Faces, opting to drop the “Small” after one LP as new recruits Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood towered above their new band mates. Drummer Kenney Jones later joined The Who after the death of their drummer Keith Moon.

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6	Song Of A Baker full track	232
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9	Rollin' Over full track	204
10	Afterglow (Of Your Love) full track	192
11	Happiness Stan full track	153
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Hugo_A-Go-Go wrote:
Thursday afternoon

Great.

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BillyHunt_ wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

correct name is small faces

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Goodmorningx wrote:
Monday evening

do you mean all day and all of the night? cause thats a song by the kinks.. not small faces, im confused..

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doctorjmo wrote:
10 days ago

all day and..........................

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ExcessJoy wrote:
17 days ago

The Small Faces are supreme, but why not give DeepSeaGreen a listen?

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Dandy_me wrote:
18 days ago

very class

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KnowsMyMind wrote:
29 days ago

the decca sessions, un real like

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LieveK wrote:
November 2009

if i had too choose between Small Faces or The Who, i'dd go for Small Faces any time! I'm not saying The Who's bad but, i dunno, i just can't get into them...

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local_boy wrote:
November 2009

http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/stevemarriottrrhof/ get steve marriott into rock'n'roll hall of fame!

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Stephen_Holland wrote:
November 2009

There's just something about Steve Marriott....i think its how powerful his voice is..when i listen to the small faces the vocals are just incredible...i mean in "I Can't Make It" when he bursts in with "I NO how your feeling" its amazing or in "Talk to You" when he comes in with the "LISTEN" aww its so attention grabbing...and his lyrics, his songs are so easy to relate to i mean i feel like he's writing about me in some songs...just such an amazing guy...too bad he went so early

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ItMightBeLauren wrote:
November 2009

Small Faces >>>>>>>>> The Who | muhahahah [2] I really don't like the who all that much. They have a few good songs... but the small faces... they're powerful.

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JonnyAG wrote:
November 2009

The Who doesnt even groove and boogie with all their great influences.. it just Pete Townshend and that's it.. Good one but nothing like Small Faces

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hannahflorence wrote:
November 2009

I think the two Small Faces profiles need to be combined.

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xxi_century_man wrote:
October 2009

Oh, I hate to see the name of this band misspelt

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LieveK wrote:
October 2009

don't burst my bubble! leave my bubble alone!

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Sara-Hart wrote:
October 2009

Huge love!

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ginavillate wrote:
October 2009

me enamoré de estos sonidos.

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BrunoLazzarotto wrote:
October 2009

Small Faces >>>>>>>>> The Who | muhahahah

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MarcelaLSD wrote:
October 2009

Muito bom!!!

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JamesMcNulty wrote:
October 2009

http://www.thesmallfaces.com/ *rolleyes*

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